HERKIMER — The Herkimer County Legislature unanimously adopted a 2015 budget Wednesday that raises property taxes by 1.9 percent.While actual tax rates may increase or decrease by various degrees in each municipality depending on equalization rates, the 1.9 percent property tax increase means county residents who own a home valued at $82,000 will have to pay $8.20 more next year.

EPHRATAH — Joanne Christman, age 69, of Ephratah, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at Kindred Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee.She was born on May 30, 1945, in Canajoharie, a daughter of the late John and Frances...